Betsy DeVos Booed Mercilessly During HBCU Commencement Speech

Bethune-Cookman, one of the nation’s most well-known Historically Black Universities, caught a lot of flack when they decided to invite the United States Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos to give the commencement speech at their graduation.

Betsy DeVos is not a very popular person in HBCU circles as of late for a variety of reasons:

“One of the lasting hallmarks of higher education is its willingness to engage, explore and experience that which we deem as “other.” When we shelter our students and campus communities from views that are diametrically opposed to their own, we actually leave our students far less capable of combating those ideas.” Said Jackson

However, Jackson did not rescind the invite and Betsy DeVos still gave the commencement speech. Or at least she attempted to. DeVos was booed from the very start. Many students even turned their backs. At one point President Jackson threatened to mail diplomas home if students were not more respectful. The threat didn’t work, Students actually very noticeably booed louder.